It was a fateful day when Arne Gabius received an email from the renowned coach Renato Canova in the last stages of his build-up to his marathon debut in Frankfurt on Sunday. Gabius was about to put an experiment to the test, as befitted the doctor he is, and see if he could translate a talent which had brought a European medal on the track to even better use in the marathon. The Italian Canova, having advised the German in recent years, delivered a clear message: [Read more…]